Meanings
- derogatoryinformalTransgender activists, seen as violent extremists.
Trantifa activists make crude gestures and display the trans-antifascist banner at a rally in Vancouver, Canada, in March
2023 June 11, James Reinl, “The new face of extremism unmasked: The UN and Republicans are watching 'Trantifa' - the hard-left transgender activists who flirt with violence to promote their radical agenda”, in Mail Online1 more example
These men with "gender identities" are fascists who call themselves "antifascists." […] Trantifa's hatred of women is unparalleled, in my experience. […] A mob of hundreds of trantifa gathered outside the library, chanting and screaming that we are "TERFs" […]
2023, Kara Dansky, The Reckoning
Origin
Blend of transgender + Antifa.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Trantifa. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trantifa
“Trantifa.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trantifa. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Trantifa,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Trantifa.
Source: Trantifa on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.